---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:3:2778
citation: "R.S. 3:2778"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 3 › Chapter 18 › Part V"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2003, number: 133, section: 1, effective_date: 2003-05-28, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2010, number: 108, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
---

# Municipal and parish governing authorities

Nothing contained in this Part shall be construed to prevent or otherwise limit the governing authority of a municipality or parish from setting fees and fines in amounts sufficient for the operation of its animal control program or for the effective enforcement of its animal control ordinances; however, in the absence of the adoption of such ordinances, the parish or local governing authority shall rely on the provisions of R.S. 3:2773.